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UNITED STATES FFTQEEQ PATENT CHARLES L. DUNHAM, OF RA.H\VAY, NEW JERSEY,AND GEORGE N. HOFFMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RETOUCHlNG-TABLE.

EBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,577, dated January25, 1887.

Application filed November 2. 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES LA. RUE DUNHAM, of Rahway, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, and GEORGE Niel-I- OLAS HOFFMAN, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedRetouching-Table, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Our invention relates to an improvement in retouching-tables for use inconnection with photography, and has for its object to produce a tablein which the operative parts may be folded horizontally out of sight,and the said table be then utilized as a parlor-table, a work ing-table,or as an accessory iira background, and. wherein the said table may beemployed when in cabinet form as a receptacle for lenses and otherarticles of value common to a gallery.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View ofour table opened for retouching; andFig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the body of the table,as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is also a central longitudinal sectionthrough the body of the table when used strictly as such.

In the construction of our device we employ a stand, A, usually made inthe form of a table, but which, however, may be made in cabinet style,provided with a horizontal body, a, in which drawers (0 a are usuallyfitted to open at either end.

To one edge of the body a, at the top, we hinge a retouching-frame, B,of the'same width and length of said body, provided with the usualcentral aperture, 1), to receive the mega tive, the saidretouching-frame being so constructed as to carry a series of notches,Z), upon each side, near the base, adapted to be engaged by a detachablesupporting-bar, c, which bar is purposed to receive and hold thenegative to be retouched over the aforesaid aperture 6.

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At each side of the retouching-frame B, at the back and near the top, wehinge rods D, so as to bear u pen the face or the body a and support thesaid frame B at any desired rearward inclination, and below the aperture1 in the Frame we hinge at one end a mirror, E, so that the free end ofsaid mirror will rest upon the body eat a-downward and rearward angle.

To complete the construction of .our table, we hinge from the underside, near one end, a top piece, E, to the upper outer portion of theretouching-frame B, and support the said top piece at an angle over thesaid frame, to form a shade, by the rods (1, hinged to the face thereof,and made to extend upward to an engagement with the top piece.

The top piece, E, is made larger than the body a and retouching-frame B,as while elevated it forms a shade, yet it also when folded down, asillustrated in Fig. 3, constitutes the top of the table or cabinet.

When the table is positioned as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it isdesirous to fold the retouching device out of sight, the parts areclosed, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2. Thus the mirror is foldedup against the paneled retouchingframe B, and the rods D down againstthe back of the mirror, and the entire hinged frame is then carrieddownward to a horizontal position upon the body a. The upper hingedbars, d, are now folded down upon the upper face of theretouching-frame, and the paneled top piece, E, closed down over thewhole, as shown in Fig. 3, constituting thereby the top of the saidtable or cabinet, which top piece may have its upper surface made eitherplain or ornamental, as desired.

A table constructed and operating as above is both useful, practical,and ornamental. It

. removes many of the inconveniences attached to retouching, as it canbe conveniently placed at a window or elsewhere about a room where thelight can be obtained to the best advantage, whereas at present theworkman is confined to substantially one spot and must be content withwhatever light is thrown thereon.

Our retouching-table may be used as a parlortable, a worktable, or anaccessory in a baclc ground, and when inclosed in cabinet style makes aconvenient case for lenses, negatives,

and sundry small articles liable to loss or misplacement.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a table or similar article of furniture,aretouchingframe hinged thereto at one end, a mirror hinged to saidretouching-frame, and standards supporting said frame at an incline, ofa shade hinged at the top of the retouching-frame and supported abovethe same, the said shade adapted to extend beyond said retouching-frameupon all sides and form a table-top when folded down, substantially asshown and described.

2. The combination, with a table or similar article of furnitureprovided with a body, a, of a retouching-frame, B, hinged to said table,provided with an aperture, 1), and a sliding rack, b c, the mirror E,and a top piece, E, hinged to said frame near the rear to project aboveand beyond said frame upon all sides, substantially as shown anddeseribed,whereby the said top piece, E, when folded down constitutesthe table-top, as set forth.

3. The combination, with a table or similar article of furnitureprovided with a body, at, having drawers (6 a, of the retouching-frameB, hinged to said table, provided with an aperture, b, and a rack, 11 0,the mirror E, and top piece, E, hinged to said frame, and the hingedbars D d,substantially as shown and described, whereby the said frameand top piece are held in an inclined position on said body or foldedupon the same horizontally, as set forth.

CHAS. L. DUNHAM. GEORGE N. HOFFMAN.

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.T. F. ACKER, J12, E. M. CLARK.

